Treatment of pseudoxanthoma elasticum with tocopherol acetate and ascorbic acid

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 424-425

  Takata, Tomoya ^a   Ikeda, Mitsunori ^a   Kodama, Hajime ^a   Kitagawa, Nobuko ^b  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Yoshimoto Pediatric Dermatological Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; ATP BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTER C; CORTICOSTEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PAPULE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICUS;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM;

EID: 34548527370     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2007.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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